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a FAMILY FIGHT.
Texas EeIghbors Have a Pitch Battle
With Guns.
Three of One Family Ind One of the
Opposite Side Killed.
An Important Court Decision Re-
gardiDg Polygamy.
The Backbone Of the New York
Strike Broken.
A FAMILY FIGHT
Hxtermtnat,px .he wb,,e..


DEKALB, Tex, Feb. S.-DeKalb
was thrown into fever of excitement
yesterday when information reached
here that deadly battle had been
fought about FIVE miles from town.
Four male members of a family named
White were pitted against Col. John
E. Rosser, his son Willie, aged fifteen
years, and a hired man named Null
Inns, resulting in the killing of three
of the Whites and Col. RoSSer and the
jury went to the home of the White
family, where the shooting oc-
in front of the entrance
was found the body of j. c. White,
with bullet hole through his breast
and one through his side. In the CEN
ter of the room, in great pool of
blood. lay Walter White dead, shot
twice through the neck and breast.
was G. Lawson White dead, with
gun cooked and clutched in his hands.
a bullet hole through his head told
how he met his death. In one corner
OF The room was found Rosser's son,
shot in the side, with Winchester
at his side. Blood was everywhere and
ever everything. Half mile further
OH and the home OF Rosaer was reach
ed. Here again was sad scene. In
the center of the room was the dead
body of Rosser, surrounded by his
weeping wife and children. He had
received a death wound through the
neck at the hand of old man White,
but being Il man of great vitality, af-
ter having, as he supposed, killed all
the Whites, he mounted a horse
and rode home. dying as
he entered the door. The
trouble had it's origin in "a law suit. a
year ago the Whites bought piece of
it lie brought suit to gain possession of
the property. Awrft of dispossession
had been issued last week against
White, but had been recalled for some
reason and was not served. This an
gered Rosser and yesterday in COM
pany with his son and hired man, all
armed, they went to Whites
place to forcibly eject them. The
elder White invited the Rosser party
into the house Rosser and his son
entered and made known the object of
the visit. \ few words were passed
and the firing began. Old man White
staggered from the house and fell
dead in the yard, the elder Rosser
emptying his revolver at him. The boy
was inside, and he says that the
Elder White shot him and his father
and he shot old man White once and
then turned his Winchester upon the
White boys to keep them from shoot
ing his father. About fifteen shots
were fired with the deadly effect Of
killing four of the participants and
Wounding the bOy,
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Haheas Comm. Grapted.

WASHINGTON, Feb. IA decision
was rendered by the United States su-
preme court to-day in the polygamy
case of Lorenzo Snow, petitioner,
which comes upon appeal from de-
cision of the third judicial court of
Utah denying the prisoners appliea-
ton for writ of habeas corpus. Snow
was tried and found guilty of polyg-
amy upon three indictments. The
court sentenced him to fine of $500
and six months imprisonment
upon each, the several terms
of Imprisonment to follow one
another. The prisoner, after serving
out the first term, filed petition for a
writ of habeas corpus and was dis
charged from prison on the ground
that he could not be legally sentenced
to three terms Imprisonment for one
continuous offense. The court denied
the application and he appealed. This
court holds the offense of cohabitation
in the sense of the statute that is, IAN in
herently continuous offenSe having du-
ration and not an OffenSe consisting
of an isolated act. There was, there
fore, only one single ofense committed
prior to the time the indictments were
found. This court is, therefore, unan;
imously of the opinion that the order
and Judgment of the district court for
the Third judicial district of Utah
must be reversed and remanded tC
that court, with direction to grant 9
writ of habeas corpus prayed for and
take such proceedings thereon as may
| be in conformity with the law and not
inconsistent with the opinion of this
court. The opinion is by Justice
| Hartford.
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CRIMINAL.
ARRESTED ON SUSPICION


CLEVELAND, ONO, Feb. AT an
early hour this morning three police Of
ficers arrested man in Brooklyn, a
suburban village, on a charge of being
one of the assassins, who assaulted
Captain HOhene and Detective HULL
gan last Friday morning. He gave his
name as Hugh Brachlin and said he
was an unmarried man % years of age
and lived in Elizabeth, Pa, where he
worked in the coal mines. The police
have information that they regard as
sufficient for holding him.
A YOUNG FARMER SUICIDES
LAWRENCE KANS.. Feb. 7.-William
J. Garret, a young farmer residing three
miles south of this city, committed
suicide this morning by hanging him
self. The cause of his action is un.
known. He was unmarried.
GUILTY OF MALFEASANCE.
New ORLEANS, La, Feb. THE
supreme court to-day found Judge
| Henry L. Lazarus guilty of malfeasanct
| and gross misconduct in his Office
Lazarus is judge of the civil distric
court of the parish of New Orleans.
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ALBANY, Feb. AT Hoboken, near
here live two colOred men, Merrick
leopard and Stephen Rucker, who
have long prided themselves
Recently they become entan-
gled in a business matter. Hoppard
decided that the matter should be de
cided on the field of honor. Prelimi-
naries were quickly arranged. Hop
pard was to use revolver
and Rucker decided to use
a shotgun. Fifteen PAGES were
stepped off and at the drop of hand
kerchief firing began. Hoppard fired
qRickly, emptying five chambers of
his revolver ere Rucker could get his
gun to work. Two shots entered
Rucker, one piercing him just under
the heart, and the other took effect in
the abdomen. AS Rucker was falling,
mortally wounded, he discharged both
barrels at leopard, Perforating him
with buekshot. He will die.
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AsHvILLE, n. c., Feb. S.-A meet
ing took place yesterday at the con-
Wet camp, four miles from this city.
For several weeks the men had been
FESTIVE and complaining of hard work
men huddled close together and re-
fused to talk to the guards. When
dark came the men were ordered to re-
tire for the night. Forty refused to
do so and yesterday morning when the
force was ordered out to work the for
ty still refused. The guards, who only
numbered ten, discharged sever
al vOlleys directly into the
mutinous group, peppering them
profusely with bird shot. This brought
them to their senses, but secured for
them a place in the hospital instead of
on the road. They still declare they
will not work and the guard was great
" enlarged last night.
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DEVILS LAKE, Oak, Feb. 9.-The
body of Mrs. Edward Wallars, who
disappeared few days since, has been
found near Devils Lake. She became
alarmed at her husbands prolonged
absence from home and started to go
to the nearest neighbor. Her body
was discovered short distance from
her own home. The snow about the
spot where she lay indicated she had
walked about in small circle for a
long time. The blizzard last week
was the severest known for many
years, and reports are coming in every
day of lives lost by parties being
caught out upon the prairie in the
storm. The total of these in Dakota
this winter can hardly be below the
death figures in the Vermont railroad
accident, while a large number will
suffer permanently from freezing parts
of the BODY
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mer and herself to attend social en-
tertainment in the early part of the
evening, and go to the opera house
subsequently.
Again, all arrangements had been
perfected for Mrs. Curry to take trip
to the south to leave here next Tues
day by way of st. Louis, Mo-, where
her sister from Canada was to meet
and accompany her on the journey.
No one for moment suspected the
stealthy approach of death. at as
late as IL o'clock on Thursday she was
well. Shortly after noon, while in her
bedroom, she was attacked by apo
plexy and never regained conscious
ness.
Mrs. Curry was lady of most ex-
cellent traits of personal character
and wss beloved by an immense circle
of friends. Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Kra-
mer have the heartfelt sympathy of all
in the loss of so near, dear and lovable
a relative.
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Tramo Association.

CLEVELAND, Feb. S-The executive
committee of the central traffic asso-
citation met to-day at the Office of Pres
ident Newell of the Lake Shore, and
adopted a very important series of res
olutions. The meeting had been called
for the purpose of. deciding the fate OF
the organization, whether under the
interstate commerce act it could
maintain an existence, if SO, IN what
form, and what its relations to this
recent national legislation were
There were present-John Newell
president; Addison Hills, assistant to
the president, and j. /. r. Mckay
Lake Shore: j. Il. Mccullough
first yice-president; w. H. Stewart
general freight agent, and ID. S. Gray
of the Pennsylvania company; Judge
S. Burke, president; G. NJ. Beach, gen
eral manager, and Edgar Hill, general
freight agent of the Bee Line; George
r. Blanchard, commissioner of the
Central Traffic association; George G.
Cochran, general freight agent of the
New York, Pennsylvania g. Ohio; Col
onel Orland Smith, second vice presi
dent of the Baltimore & Ohio, and w
J. Spicer, general manager of thu
| Chicago s. Grand Trunk. Mr.. Newell
was chairman of the meeting. Com
missioner Blanchard delivered an ad
dress to the committee, outlining wha
he thought should be the policy of tn
| aSsociation
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CHASTITY SPECTACLE.
The Body of a Murdered Man Con-
esaled in Horses Carcass,
Which is Found and Partially Eaten
by Stray Dogs.
a Respected Citizen of Boston as a
DefauItlDg Officer.
One of the Participants Of a Missouri
Cutting ARRAY Dying.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. "a most
horrible discovery was made in Green
county, this state, last Saturday. The
dead body of John Keith was found
wrapped in blanket and concealed
inside the carcass of dead horse. 1t
is supposed he was murdered and his
body concealed there by the murderer.
Keith was a brother-in-law of VIM.
Despair, and he had been missing for
several days, but no search had
been made for him. (his
friends supposing tina the was away
on visit until dog belonging to
Wm. Despair came into the house Sat
IIrday morning and carrying something
in his mouth which, when examin-
ed, was found to be the hand of a man.
Despair tracked the dog to the car
cass of an old horse and was Mortified
to find the body of his brother-in-law
therein half eaten up by dogs. 1t was
horrible sight. The mystery con-
neeted with the. affair will probably
never be solved. Keith was married
man and the father of six children.
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The Legislature.

TOPEKA, Feb. S.-Ten bills were i'll
troduced in the senate this morning
and six bills were passed on third
reading.
Senate bill No. 254, by Senator Ha-
ris, making certain amendments for
the support of public schools in cities
of the first class and fixing the amount
of each levy, was passed.
In the afternoon three bills were
passed on third reading.
Bill No. 2, regulating fees and sal
aries of county officers, was killed in
committee of the whole.
In the house ]. w. Cecil was given Il
seat as representative from Morton
county.
The temperance bill tMurray's)
passed the committee of the whole to
a third reading, with some slight cor
rectiODS
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ST. LOUIS, Feb. 8.-The purchasing
committee of the Wabash Railroad
property announce that March 1st they
expect to take possession of their
property. When the road was sold by
order of the United States district
court, it was ordered that the commit
tee should pay to the court, on or be-
fore March 1st, 1857, S., Zoo, 900, and
and give bond in the sum of 81 ,0OO, 200
to pay such awards as the court might
make in winding up the affairs of the
old company. These conditions the
committee will, it is said, comply with
and take possession.
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Lourneymen Painters.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. S.-The annual con-
vention of the International Journey
men Painters association began III
this city to-day. Only routine bust
ness was transacted, the attendance
being too small to consider the many
important subjects which will come up
before the association. The most i'm
portant point to be decided is the price
per hour to be charged by the painters.
Last year the journeymen signed
agreements with the bosses to work at
certain rates per hour, eight hours
work constituting days labor.
Whether a like agreement will be
made this year, will be decided at this
convention
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vho own BOATS. COMPROMISE

who own boats, compromise
by making out bills of sale
of their boats to a friend. That
friend goes to the companies and offers
to transport coal at ruling rates. Their
offers have mostly been refused, the
companies preferring, as long as they
have got to pay exhorbitant rates, to
pay them to outsiders. The Long
shOremen's union No. met in Brook
Ign last night and about 800 men were
present. They were decidedly in favor
of continuing the fight. Older men,
however, expressed the conviction that
the men would have to go back before
Thursday.
1t is generally believed that the
great strike is about to come to
an end. The Times says: The fact
is the freight handlers strike is con-
fessed to be failure even by them
selves. They were refused work when
they offered TO refIlrn
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= Cutting ATe.y.

WARRENsBURG Mo-, Feb. 8.-News
has just reached here of terrible
cutting affray which occurred at
Bristle Ridge, neighborhood ten
parties to the fight are named Thomp-
son and Steele, and the difficulty
arose over dispute regarding boy
trouble. Steele was badly cut about
the breast and neck, and is reported as
dying. Thompson was arrested and
is now in the county Jail at this place.
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AgricuI1urIstn fin 6Ionven,,on

NEW YORK, February 8.-The eighth
annual convention of the American
agricultural and dairy association began
this morning. The meeting is an i'm
pOrtant one, and will transact business
of general interest throughout the
country. The convention met at noon
with President Real in the chair.
Committees on organization were APP
pointed and an adjournment had for
lunch
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The santa Fe.. Cn,r.so Line.

CARRoLroN, No., Feb. Sit is evil
dent that the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe company proposes pushing
the work on their Chicago extension to
an early completion. Twenty-four ear
loads of men, mules and tools arrived
in this city by the Wabash, and the
contractors will begin work tomorrow
morning. The route through this city
was agreed upon in consideration OF
the citizens furnishing the right of way
five miles east from the Wild Moss
mills, two miles east of town. The ne
cessarry amount of money, s15. 600, has
been subscribed.
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ria E.nga Aa.oesztion

DENVER, Feb. s.-The second an
nual meeting of the International
Range association convened to-day
with $50 delegates present, represent
ing the range country between the
Missouri river and the Pacific. ADJ
dresses of welcome were delivered by
George Adams and Mayor Bates. The
convention appointed committee on
credentials and took Il recess until af.
| ternOon. \ memorial was adopted
asking congress to appropriate ont
million dollars for the extfrpation O
contagious diseases.
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snort in ms Account.

BOsToN, Feb. 9-John &. Leighton,
for nineteen years clerk of the mu-
nieipial criminal court in this city, is
short in his accounts to a large
amount. The exact sum of his defal-
cation cannot be known until the eX-
pert now engaged on the books, COM
pletes his work. 1t is stated however,
by City Auditor Dodge, that the total
will be perhaps $500, 900 or more,
Leighton was appointed in 1867 and
held the Office up to within a short
time ago. In the court in which
he served thousands of Grim
inal cases were tried annually and
the money received for fines and costs,
was all turned over to the clerk, who
is supposed to deposit it with the city
treasurer of Boston, who is also coun-
ty treasurer. 1t is said the present
auditors predecessors have not audit
ed the accounts of this court for years,
as implicit confidence seems to have
been placed in Clerk Leighton. For
many years he has been known only
| as an honored and respected citizen
and the blow will be a severe one.
What he has done with all the money
he has taken is mystery to his friends.
| His habits of life were not extrava-
| CANT, and he had no family.
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A~o.hsr Lease.

TOPEKA, Feb. s.-The president has
respited John Washington and Sins
mons, the Indians who were to hang
at Wichita to-day for rape committed
in the Indian Territory, until March
fourth.
Mr.. Leon Gosselin is authorized to
collect accounts, solicit advertise
ments and take subscriptions for THE
NEWS. Any favors shown him vii
be appreciated at this Office.
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WON Send announcement.

ST. JOHNS, n. F., Feb. 5-A distin-
guished British naval officer and a
member of the Imperial parliament,
Imperial government viii despatch re-
Inducements to the North American
squadron early in the spring to active
ly support Canada in the protection of
the fisheries against American poach-
inc
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Fort SHAW, Mont, Feb. s.-From
fourteen to twenty-five inches of snow
on level is now on the ground. Cat
tie are suffering terribly. The fuel
famine continues and at Fort Benton
coal is $50 a ton, and is extremely diff
cult to obtain even at that figure.
Wood is scarce and selling at high
| figure ~
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FIs,pe for Auo,her s.,,,.s

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. s.-The COM
mittee of the Reading railroad work
men again visited the general Office of
the company this morning and held a
conference with President Corbin and
General Manager Mcleod. 1t is be-
lieyed by the officials of the company
that the men will strike to-day or to-
morrow
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: o.se Cars Tied Up.

Boston, Mass, Feb. 9.-The en-
ployes of the Cambridge horse railroad
have decided to tie up the road. Their
grievance is that the time table which
went into effect Monday does not ena-
BILE them to do ten hours work inside
of twelve hours as promised by the
company Officers of the company
will make no further attempts. at re-
Cancellation and will fight the strikers
to the end. This strike, with that on
the south Boston road, makes the
number of railroad men now out
about 900.
SILK OVERS DEMANDS.
PATTERSON, n. J., Feb. "a gen.
era1 strike of silk dyers has begun
here. They demand 81 per week more
paw and fifty-five hours to constitute a
weeks work. About l 500 hands are
out.
MINERS STRIKE SETTLED.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Feb. 9.-The;strike
of the 5000 Monongahela river coal
miners is practically settled. Meet
| ings were held by miners in various
pools last night and it was resolved to
! accept the compromise suggested by
| the national board. The operators are
acquainted with the action and sew
eralEof the largest dealers notified the
| men this morning to report for work
| tomorrow.
| RETURNED TO WORK.
| NEW YORK, Feb. Except for the
number of 'longshoremen standing idle
on the corners of the streets, the
river fronts have assumed almost
their normal appearance, though it re.
| quires larger number of men to dc
the work now then formerly. Steam
boat and railroad pier managers al
claim business is as good as before the
strike and that freight is being moYeC
with the utmost facility. Steamers nov
leave at the advertised time, and ;
jam of freight on the railroad piers n,
longer exists. The question of calling
out the Knights of Labor on the Read
ing road is still open, and may be OF
dered within the next two days. Col
bins offer of a compromise havin
been refused. the knights insist on
: general settlement, and intimate tia
, a new strike Will soon be taken
: bring it about. The striking Ionj
shoremen employed by the War
at the old terms.
q COMING TO AN END.
Y NEW YORK, Feb. 8-The union boa
: men. who struck because they woul
i not handle 'sscab'' coal, although thu
n were satisfied with the price paid theT
+ % cents ton, are weakening. Tit
?. hesitate TO openly abandon the eau
h of the strikers, but the % cents q K
, now offered is so tempting hat tho
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A St Iona Fire.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. "a fire
broke out in the rooms of the Mercan-
tile club, in building at 708 Locust
street, at 1:50 this morning. The fire
originated from a defective flue in the
laundry, and when the fire department
arrived at the scene, a dense smoke
was pouring out of the windows and
the flames were mounting to the roof.
North of the laundry was situated the
servants hall, where ten female
servants were asleep. The matron
awakened them and tried to lead them
down stairs, but escape from the burn
ing building in that. manner was cut
off by the flames, and it
was necessary for them to wait for the
arrival of the hook and ladder compa-
MES. When the latter arrived the fire
men took charge of the servants and
carried them through trap-door to its
roof, and thence down the ladders to
the ground floor. Several of the girls,
in their fright, attempted to jump from
the windows, but were restrained and
all were rescused without injury. The
pastry cook, who occupied a
room on third floor. jumped
from the window, but alighted upon a
balcony few feet below, and escaped
with broken ankle. The fire was
soon quenched after the firemen had
saved all the inmates of the building,
and the loss amounts to only SO, 500,
fully covered by insurance.